#5 OKLAHOMA STATE (11-1) vs #9 BAYLOR (10-2); Noon ET; ABC; Arlington … Nobody will blame Oklahoma State if they spend as much time on Saturday watching the scoreboard as focusing on Baylor, especially if they can defeat the Bears in the Big XII championship. That would appear to put the 5th-ranked Cowboys possibly into a position to… Read More »
UTAH STATE (9-3) at #19 SAN DIEGO STATE (11-1); 3 PM ET; FOX … This another second-tier championship that one often wouldn’t merit a preview, but this game has some very good prospects. Indeed, San Diego State, in particular, has a couple of legit second-day prospects in DE Cameron Thomas (#99, 6-5, 270) and P Matt Araiza (#2,… Read More »
#1 GEORGIA (12-0) vs #3 ALABAMA (11-1); 4 PM ET; CBS; Atlanta … Batten down the hatches and get ready for battle when arguably the two most talented teams in the country face each other for the SEC title in Atlanta. Interesting, though, that its this year that unbeaten and top-ranked comes into the game as the favorite.… Read More »
#16 HOUSTON (11-1) at #4 CINCINNATI (12-0); 4 PM ET; ABC … If any of this year’s conference championship games qualify as potentially truly historic its the All American Conference between #4 Cincinnati and Houston. Win, and the unbeaten Bearcats have a chance to become the first non-Power 5 conference team to make the CFP playoff. And Cincinnati,… Read More »
#2 MICHIGAN (11-1) vs #13 IOWA (10-2); 8 PM ET; FOX; Indianapolis … Hey wasn’t this supposed to be between Ohio State and Wisconsin. It was, but Michigan upset the Buckeyes last week in their annual rivalry game, while the Hawkeyes backed in when the Badgers were upset by Minnesota. So with these two teams expect a traditional… Read More »
#15 PITTSBURGH (10-2) vs #16 WAKE FOREST (10-2); 8 PM ET; ABC; Charlotte … Hands up everyone who had Wake Forest and Pitt in the ACC championship game in their pre-season pool. Unfortunately, both teams have a couple of losses, so the winner won’t be playing in the CFP. However, this is still a potentially fascinating game as… Read More »
WESTERN KENTUCKY (8-4) at TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO (11-1); 7 PM ET; CBSSN … Okay hands up – and no peeking – everyone – anyone – who knew for sure in which conference WKU and UTSA actually play. In fact, under normal circumstances we probably wouldn’t preview this game at all, but these are not normal times. And neither program… Read More »
#10 OREGON (11-1) at #17 UTAH (9-3); Las Vegas; 8 PM ET; ABC … The Ducks and Utes will get it on for the second time in three weeks with a spot in the Rose Bowl on the line. Of course, that was the furthest thing from the Ducks’ minds the first time they met the Utes when… Read More »
Selection order updated … With another week in the book, the current opening round selection order for the 2022 draft has been updated were it to be held this week.
Sooners’ trio headline latest Senior Bowl roster adds … The Senior Bowl announced the addition of four more players to this roster including three from Oklahoma. The three are DT Perrion Winfrey, FB Jeremiah Hall and OG Marquis Hayes, who will be joined by massive Minnesota OT Daniel Faalele. For the record, the 6-9, 380 pound Faalele is… Read More »
Jets-Texans hilite Sunday draft sched … With Detroit, which would have the #1 pick overall were the draft held this week, having inched closer to clinching this year’ s top pick after losing on Thursday, the rest of the top selection order for 2022 could be looking at something of a shakeup as a result of Sunday’s action.… Read More »
UCF QB Gabriel to transfer … Central Florida Dillon Gabriel made it official earlier today by announcing that he is taking advantage of the NCAA’s relaxed transfer rules and will enter the transfer portal, presumably with the intention of playing for a Power 5 conference contender next year. Gabriel, a junior who threw for over 3,000 yards in… Read More »
CFL playoffs start tomorrow … The Canadian league starts its playoffs Sunday afternoon with a couple of semi-final games. Montreal will be at Hamilton in the Eastern semi-final tomorrow afternoon for the right to play Toronto in the conference final next week. KO is set for 1 PM ET with coverage on TSN in Canada and ESPN2 in… Read More »
#2 OHIO STATE (10-1) at #6 MICHIGAN (10-1); Noon ET; FOX … Just like old times in the Big Ten with the season coming down to Ohio State and Michigan in their annual rivalry game. Of course, the winner still has to beat somebody in the Big Ten championship game next week, but win those two games and… Read More »
Bonus coverage … For those that didn’t get their fill of football on Thanksgiving Day and can’t wait for the really big college rivalry games Saturday including Ohio State at Michigan for all the marbles in the Big Ten East, there are a number of decent college games on Friday worth a look. It all starts with a… Read More »
PSU WR headlines latest star game acceptances … The Senior Bowl continues to release the names of players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s game. And the latest group of accepted invites includes Penn State WR Jahan Dotson, #23 on the current GBN Big Board, who will be one of the top prospects in Mobile… Read More »
More star game acceptances … The Senior Bowl continues to release the names of players who have accepted invitations to participate in this year’s event in Mobile. The latest group of accepted invites includes OGs Zion Johnson of Boston College and LSU’s Ed Ingram, Washington State OT Abraham Lucas, LSU ILB Damone Clark and Texas CB Josh Thompson.… Read More »
‘Big’ AFC East game hilites Sunday draft sked … Okay, so its not really a ‘big’ game, but the key matchup Sunday, at least from a draft perspective, though, has the 2-7 NY Jets, which would have the 3rd pick overall were the draft held this week, hosting 3-7 Miami, which is currently sitting on the 5th pick,… Read More »
Latest Senior Bowl additions … The Senior Bowl has continued to release the names of players who have accepted invitations to this year’s game. In fact the number is now up to 55. Included among the players announced are several that we are really looking forward to seeing including RBs Abram Smith of Baylor and Rachaad White of… Read More »
NFLPA, Hula Bowl star games announce coaches … Both the NFLPA’s Collegiate Bowl all-star game and the Hula Bowl announced their head coaches for this year’s game, in both cases well-known former NFL names. The NFLPA game, for example, will have Jeff Fisher and Marvin Lewis as its head coaches, while the Hula Bowl will have Brian Billick… Read More »
One of the great things about the internet – and there’s a lot that’s not good – at least for me is that it has allowed me to meet – sometimes even in person – a whole range of Giants’ fans from all over the country that never would have been possible pre-net. One of those people is… Read More »
It is down to crunch time in college football and for those that don’t follow the sport all that closely there are essentially just 6 teams across the country that control their own destinies as far as the national championship playoffs are concerned. They include Georgia and Alabama from the SEC, Ohio State, Michigan, and Michigan State in… Read More »
Clemson WR Ross now out for year; to enter draft … Clemson has now confirmed that WR Justyn Ross will undergo surgery for a stress fracture in his foot that will end his regular season. The injury is not believed to be serious and Ross reportedly could conceivably play in a bowl game, but that is unlikely. The… Read More »
Senior Bowl announces first accepted invites … With the 2021 college football season starting to wind down, the Senior Bowl has released the names of the first batch of players to have accepted invitations to this year’s game scheduled for February 5th in Mobile. In fact, the early list actually includes 33 players, most of whom would be… Read More »
Rich DE class getting richer … There are still 164 days to go until the 2022 draft, so there is still plenty of sorting out to be done before the picks actually start coming off the board. And while much of the attention has been on the ups and downs of the QB class, the group that has… Read More »
